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Surely that limit is the result of some political discussion, thus arbitrary. But I think there is no scientific way of setting such limit, so any limit you com

• thaumasiotes 3y ago
  > Surely that limit is the result of some political discussion, thus arbitrary. The usual case is that the limit is certainly the result of political discussion, but not arbitrary. What you'd expect is that somebody made a list of targets, and then the thresholds were intentionally defined to include those targets and nobody else. In political contexts involving purchasing, this is called "single-sourcing". In contexts involving persecution, it is more frowned upon, and I'm not aware of a general name for the practice. But it's not a different practice.
  • GTP 3y ago
    > What you'd expect is that somebody made a list of targets, and then the thresholds were intentionally defined to include those targets and nobody else. Probably you're right, but the list of targets itself would be arbitrary, and likely was subject to discussion as well.